Australian workplaces

Young Aussies are pushing back on a disappointing workplace trend that employees have had to continually put up with.Gen Z and Millennial workers have had enough with half-hearted mental health initiatives in place across a multitude of…

Two of Australia’s biggest fashion retailers will pay back more than $4 million to 7000 employees who were underpaid.Department store David Jones and Country Road’s fashion retailer Politix confessed to underpaying staff and will also be…

A Queensland woman is making a whopping $150 per hour simply by hugging people. Missy Robinson, 43, from the Gold Coast, has turned the need for hugs and affection into a lucrative business and styles herself as a professional cuddler.…

Australia’s top CEOs are leaving their roles and joining the Great Resignation in pursuit of a better work-life balance. Executives, CEOs and upper management are departing from high-paying positions after a Deloitte survey found 70 per…

A looming “salary stand-off” is set to rock Australian workplaces with warnings that four in five professionals will look for a new job if they don’t receive a pay rise over the next 12 months that beats the skyrocketing cost of living, new…

Unlike older generations, Gen Z workers are rallying against the idea of needing to go above and beyond in their jobs in order to succeed.Instead, younger workers are much more focused on creating a healthy life balance – a move that has…

Australians could receive 12 days for menstrual leave as well as menopause leave in a push by unions for entitlements to cater for people’s health experiences.It comes as 11 million workers will be able to access to 10 days of paid domestic…

Women and young workers under the age of 24 will be the “first to be sacked” if the Australian economy falls into recession, an expert has warned.Aussies who quit their full-time jobs amid the Great Resignation in exchange for more flexible…

An Australian man, who was expected to be online for meetings as early as 5am and work through until 8pm, has ditched his $140,000 job, despite having “absolutely nothing” lined up.Fed up with “terrible” management and “stress and anxiety”,…

Australians are throwing in six figure jobs with nothing to go to, preferring to be unemployed than unhappy at work, and are even “quitting” the country because they don’t believe they can ever get ahead.A seismic shake up of Australian…